1) Toss Up - Math - Multiple Choice
For the curve `y = x^2`, find the slope of the tangent line at the point (3,9)
W) 2
X) 1
Y) 3
Z) 6
1) Bonus - Math - Multiple Choice
In general, when solving two-equation, two-variable systems by matrices, if we end up with a row of all zeroes then
W) there are infinitely many solutions
X) there are no solutions
Y) there is exactly two solutions
Z) there is only one solution
2) Toss Up - Astronomy - Multiple Choice
Which of the following constellations are circumpolar for people in North America and are found on opposite sides and close to Polaris:
W) Cassiopeia and Ursa Major
X) Orion and Leo
Y) Aquarius and Capricorn
Z) Leo and Sagittarius
2) Bonus - Astronomy - Multiple Choice
The ecliptic is:
W) the line that divides the sky into the northern half and the southern half
X) the Sun's apparent path across the celestial sphere
Y) the point directly overhead
Z) the line on the celestial sphere directly above the celestial equator
3) Toss Up - Earth Science - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a tree that is very well-adapted to surviving above shallow permafrost:
W) cottonwood
X) white pine
Y) aspen
Z) black spruce
3) Bonus - Earth Science - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is both fluorescent and radioactive:
W) calcite
X) halite
Y) talc
Z) zircon
4) Toss Up - Physics - Short Answer
If a coil is immersed in a uniform magnetic field directed upward that weakens as time progresses, then when viewed from above, the direction of the induced current in the coil is:
ANSWER: COUNTERCLOCKWISE4) Bonus - Physics - Short Answer
What is the name of the apparatus used in 1798 to determine the value of G, the gravitational constant?
ANSWER: CAVENDISH TORSION BALANCE5) Toss Up - Physics - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the correct relationship of half-life T1/2 and mean life t [tau] of an unstable particle, if A [lambda] is the decay constant?
W) T1/2 = A/t [Half-life equals lambda over tau]
X) T1/2 = t/A [Half-life equals tau over lambda]
Y) T1/2 = T log2e [Half-life equals tau log base 2 of e]
Z) T 1/2 = T ln (2) [Half-life equals tau natural log of 2]
5) Bonus - Physics - Multiple Choice
What is the image position in centimeters of a narrow object placed 100 centimeters from a 50 centimeter focal length lens?
W) 20
X) 25
Y) 50
Z) 100
6) Toss Up - Biology - Short Answer
Which vitamin is known as the “coagulation vitamin” because of the vital role it plays in blood clotting?
ANSWER: K6) Bonus - Biology - Short Answer
The liver uses Vitamin K to produce what material that is essential to blood clotting?
ANSWER: PROTHROMBIN7) Toss Up - Earth Science - Multiple Choice
The circulation of water in the Hydrologic System is
driven by:
W) potential energy
X) solar energy
Y) kinetic energy
Z) wind energy
7) Bonus - Earth Science - Short Answer
Most of the natural greenhouse warming, nearly 97%, is caused by the presence of what gas in the atmosphere?
ANSWER: WATER VAPOR (ACCEPT: WATER)8) Toss Up - Earth Science - Multiple Choice
Which of the following BEST describes the downward movement of typical alpine glaciers:
W) they move by mass wasting and surface creep
X) they move much like a brick sliding down a board
Y) they flow fastest where the ice is thinnest
Z) they slide along the base and flow like a fluid
8) Bonus - Earth Science - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT true of seismic waves:
W) P and S waves can travel through solids
X) S waves cannot travel through Earth’s outer core
Y) S-wave and P-waves cancel each other out in the shadow zone
Z) seismographs typically record P waves before S waves
9) Toss Up - Earth Science - Multiple Choice
What kind of faults are caused by shear forces?
W) Normal
X) Strike-slip
Y) Obtuse
Z) Elastic
9) Bonus - Earth Science - Multiple Choice
A laccolith is created when
W) lava forms a thick sheet.
X) lava fills a vent.
Y) magma forms a sheet and a dome.
Z) magma in a sill pushes up to form a rock dome.
10) Toss Up - General Science - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT an example of a programming language:
W) Pascal
X) BIOS
Y) Cobol
Z) Fortran
10) Bonus - General Science - Short Answer
A common type of RAM that is a small battery-backed memory that stores configuration settings is called:
ANSWER: CMOS (ACCEPT: COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR)11) Toss Up - Biology - Short Answer
Animal tissues are generally divided into four main types. If three of them are, connective, nervous, and muscle, what is the fourth tissue?
ANSWER: EPITHELIAL (ACCEPT: EPITHELIUM)11) Bonus - Biology - Short Answer
Order the following 4 choices from the SMALLEST to the LARGEST, assuming average size for each: erythrocyte; mitochondrion; polio virus; macrophage
ANSWER: POLIO VIRUS; MITOCHONDRION; ERYTHROCYTE; MACROPHAGE12) Toss Up - Chemistry - Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes the quantum number that indicates the direction in space of the electron cloud surrounding the nucleus of an atom:
W) magnetic quantum number
X) principle quantum number
Y) angular momentum quantum number
Z) spin quantum number
12) Bonus - Chemistry - Multiple Choice
If an atom X, which has an electronegativity of 3.5, bonds with atom Y, which has an electronegativity of 0.9, what type of bond is most likely prevalent:
W) ionic
X) polar covalent
Y) non-polar covalent
Z) neutral
13) Toss Up - Earth Science - Short Answer
What types of fossils represent the remains of a living thing that was widespread but existed for only a few million years in Earth's history?
ANSWER: INDEX FOSSILS13) Bonus - Earth Science - Short Answer
What are long, narrow chains of underwater mountains called?
ANSWER: (MID-OCEAN) RIDGES14) Toss Up - Physics - Short Answer
Often when a button is pressed, the contact will actually flicker for a while before settling down. When a button is connected to a microcontroller, the MCU will often pause for a short period of time to allow the button to stop flickering. What is this process called?
ANSWER: DEBOUNCING14) Bonus - Physics - Short Answer
My wireless chips store received information in a FIFO register for later access. What does FIFO stand for?
ANSWER: FIRST IN FIRST15) Toss Up - Chemistry - Multiple Choice
Your research results in a new surface temperature probe to obtain data on planet Mercury; however, the probe is highly reactive with chalcogen gases. Which of the following would best insulate the probe?
W) Diatomic fluorine
X) Diatomic chlorine
Y) Diatomic oxygen
Z) Helium
15) Bonus - Chemistry - Short Answer
If 35 liters of neon gas at 77° Celsius is cooled, the volume drops to 10 liters. If the pressure remains constant, what is the final temperature of the gas, in degrees Celsius?
ANSWER: -173°16) Toss Up - Math - Multiple Choice
Which of the following angles would be located in Quadrant III of a rectangular coordinate system:
W) 2/3 rev
X) -60°
Y) 60°
Z) 0.8 rev
16) Bonus - Math - Short Answer
In the following number sequence, what are the values for a, b and c: a, b, 14, 26, 50, c
ANSWER: a = 5; b = 8; c = 9817) Toss Up - General Science - Multiple Choice
A major function of a refractory is:
W) as a source of flux material for slag formation
X) the conduction of heat
Y) as a source of essential reactants for smelting
Z) for heat insulation
17) Bonus - General Science - Short Answer
How many square inches are in 9 square feet?
ANSWER: 129618) Toss Up - Earth And Space - Multiple Choice
What is the shape of the orbit of a long period comet that has exactly as much kinetic energy as the absolute value of its gravitational potential energy?
W) Circle
X) Parabola
Y) Hyperbola
Z) Ellipse
18) Bonus - Earth And Space - Short Answer
Order the following four index minerals according to increasing grade of metamorphism of shale: 1) Sillimanite [SIL-uh-muh-nyt], 2) Biotite, 3) Chlorite, 4) Garnet.
ANSWER: 3, 2, 4, 1 (ACCEPT: CHLORITE, BIOTITE, GARNET, SILLIMANITE)19) Toss Up - Astronomy - Multiple Choice
Proper motion is
W) the true, not apparent, motion of a star in space
X) the annual apparent motion of a star across the sky
Y) the motion of a star towards or away from us
Z) the orbital motion of a star around the Galaxy
19) Bonus - Astronomy - Multiple Choice
What are Cepheid variable stars?
W) yellow giants
X) white dwarfs
Y) red giants
Z) blue-white Main Sequence stars
20) Toss Up - General Science - Multiple Choice
Biomagnification is MOST likely to result in the concentration of toxic chemicals in:
W) chemoautotrophs
X) eutrophic lakes
Y) primary consumers
Z) primary producers
20) Bonus - General Science - Short Answer
HDPE is a tough plastic often used for the manufacture of toys. What monomer is the primary repeating unit in this polymer?
ANSWER: ETHYLENE (ACCEPT: ETHENE)21) Toss Up - Physics - Multiple Choice
What is the SI unit for magnetic flux density?
W) Weber
X) Henry
Y) Tesla
Z) Sterling
21) Bonus - Physics - Short Answer
is the tangential velocity of an object that moves in a circle of circumference 40 Pi and has a centripetal acceleration of 80 m/sec2
ANSWER: 40 MSEC22) Toss Up - Biology - Short Answer
Which one of the following 5 cells is NOT found in a typical angiosperm rhizome? parenchymal, collenchymal, meristematic, epidermal, guard cell
ANSWER: Guard Cell22) Bonus - Biology - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the most common term for an area of primitive cells in plants where active cell division occurs:
W) meristem
X) ground tissue
Y) primary cells
Z) germinal tissue
23) Toss Up - Energy - Multiple Choice
Why is anthracite coal considered a metamorphic rock?
W) It is a fossil fuel
X) Higher burn rates
Y) Chiefly composed of the element Carbon
Z) Exposure to elevated temperature and pressure
23) Bonus - Energy - Multiple Choice
Which country accounts for the majority of global production of anthracite coal?
W) Russia
X) Canada
Y) Ukraine
Z) China
24) Toss Up - Chemistry - Multiple Choice
Addition reactions in organic chemistry are characteristic of:
W) alkanes
X) aromatic compounds
Y) alkenes
Z) ketones
24) Bonus - Chemistry - Short Answer
Calculate the heat energy, in Joules, released when 10 grams of a substance, which has the same specific heat as liquid water, cools from 100°C to 50°C:
ANSWER: 2090 (ACCEPT: + or - 2000 to 2100 J) (Solution: heat released = (mass)(AT)(4.18 J/gm°C); = (10g)(50°C)(4.18J/g°C) = 2090 J)25) Toss Up - Chemistry - Short Answer
What is the bond order for each oxygen-oxygen bond in the ozone or O3 molecule?
ANSWER: `3/2` (ACCEPT: 1.5)25) Bonus - Chemistry - Multiple Choice
Hydrogen gas effuses through a pinhole opening from one compartment to another about how many times as fast as nitrogen gas:
W) 2.4-times
X) 3.7-times
Y) 5.3-times
Z) 8.2-times